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| Bill to regulate fees in Maharashtr |
| ''The allegations that students and parents have made time and again on being charged huge capitation fees, I think that at least will go away.
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| INDIA
, 1-February-2008
1:24:16 AM |
| Politicians in Maharashtra, the biggest stakeholders in private professional education and earning crores through it every year are dodging the passing of a draft bill ordered by the Supreme Court, which aims at regulating admissions and fees.
Sources in the ministry have said that a tough new bill that will closely regulate admissions and fees in professional colleges, many owned by ministers and other politicians has been ready for a whole year but has been stalled by the state cabinet.
The bill is a much delayed response to the Inamdar Judgement of 2005 in which the Supreme Court had asked the states or centre to pass a comprehensive legislation to weed out bribery and corruption in private professional colleges.
The bill proposes to empower a five-member committee headed by a retired high court judge or IAS officer that can de-recognise an institute or course that fails to provide all details about fee structures within a specified time limit.
The committee can cancel admissions if any seat is given out bypassing rules. It can also impose penalties upto 2 lakh rupees if complaint against an institute is found valid and supervise that NRI quota students are taken in only on merit. Currently, any NRI student can get a seat because their fees are 2 to 3 times higher than a regular student. 75 per cent students taking admissions in courses have to be domiciled in the state.
''The allegations that students and parents have made time and again on being charged huge capitation fees, I think that at least will go away. There will be transparency. There might be differences in opinion but I don't think there can be resistance,'' said Suresh Shetty, Minister Of State, Higher Technical Education.
At present, there is a body to fix fees and regulate admissions in Maharashtra, Shikshan Shulk Samiti. But it has no powers to enforce its diktat.
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